Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Municipality
	Frae the tap, left tae richt: Iglesia Matriz de la Concepción, Mercado Nuestra Señora de África, Puente Serrador, Torres de Santa Cruz, Panoramic ceety, Auditorio de Tenerife, Playa de Las Teresitas an Plaza de España.
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	Eik-name(s): "La Capital Chicharrera", "La Capital Tinerfeña", "La Capital Santacrucera", "The Sydney o the Atlantic".
	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Coordinates: 28°28′N 16°15′W / 28.467°N 16.250°WCoordinates: 28°28′N 16°15′W / 28.467°N 16.250°W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Canary Islands
Province	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island	Tenerife
Foondit	3 Mey 1494, foondit as "Real de la Santa Cruz"
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Excmo. Sr. Don José Manuel Bermúdez Esparza ([(CC-PNC-CCN)])
Area
• Municipality	150.56 km2 (58.13 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population (2018)
• Municipality	204,856
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
• Urban	538,000
Demonym(s)	Santacrucero, ra Chicharrero, ra
Time zone	WET
• Summer (DST)	WEST
Postal code	38001-38010
Dialin code	[(+34 922 + 6 deegits)]
Leid	Spainyie
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly kent as Santa Cruz) is the caipital (jointly wi Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), seicont-maist muckle ceety o the Autonomous Community o the Canary Islands an the 21st lairgest ceety in Spain, wi a population o 222,417 in 2009. Santa Cruz is the seicont lairgest ceety an metropolitan aurie o the European Union ootside Europe. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is an aa the caipital o the island o Tenerife (maist populatit o archipelago an Spain) an caipital o the province o Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Locatit in northeast quadrant o Tenerife, aboot 210 kilometres (130 mi) aff the northwastren coast o Africae athin the Atlantic Ocean. Atween the 1833 territorial diveesion o Spain an 1927 Santa Cruz de Tenerife wis the sole caipital o the Canary Islands, till 1927 when a decree ordered that the caipital o the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains at present. The port is o great importance an is the communications hub atween Europe, Africae an Americas, wi cruise ships arrivin frae mony naitions. The ceety is the nerve centre on domestic an inter-island communications in the Canary Islands.